established 2014

Tag Archives: poverty

If there weren’t wars and man-made hate,
Could scientists eliminate
Diseases, famines, and create
Utopia? We could all live
In harmony, and we could give
Attention, then, preemptive,
To nature’s uncontrolled horrors.

By consequence, we’d intervene
When earthquakes shake and make a scene,
When tidal waves, floods unforeseen,
Or drought disrupt, or volcano
Erupt, or crops refuse to grow-
We’d share with people we don’t know,
Like foster family sponsors.

Alas, there’s war, hate, selfishness,
Rape, murder, robbery, it’s a mess!
Adding to pains and natural stress
Add greed’s victims held in the sway
Of life-crippling debt to pay
And then you still would try to say
“There’s no such thing as monsters?”

He framed only twelve lines, each syllable counted.Precise. Just exactly what he wanted to say.The pain, carefully measured, evenly sounded.Cold logic, rationale, all and none were betrayed:

“No one cares, none will notice, no one notices.We all hide behind the thin veneer of caring,But it’s all talk, the empty words everyone says.Life, and driving, are all about ‘me first,’ daring

To be first, forgetting those who are left behind,Who ask for help, and are given barely enough.Work the hours at the jobs we are able to find.I tried, failed, and found my life filled with useless stuff,

Broken, used, tatty things, no treasures. Just like me.Money answers everything, but it’s whispering.When I need a hurricane, I get a soft breeze.Because nothing, not even me, is worth repairing.”